I love this pattern because it's simple and elegant. It's easy enough for charity, but lovely enough to give your best friend's baby. I prefer making the smallest size because it gets a little heavy, but that's just me.

In case you haven't heard, the military has come up with fire resistant helmet liners and is no longer accepting knit ones for distribution to the troops. Of course, you could still make them for someone you know, but since the new ones the military is giving out are fire resistant, I would not want to give a hand knit one to anyone I know. I would want the safety of the goverment issued ones for my friends and loved ones.